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Flitner, M. E. (fl. 1860) to daughter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.087 Author/Creator: Flitner, M. E. (fl. 1860) Place Written: Pittston, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 March 1859 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.7 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

M. E. Flitner writes a letter to her daughter in which she mentions that her husband was prevented from leaving port by a storm, the same storm that Z. Flitner himself talks about in his letter to his daughter GLC02669.86. Flitner also mentions a recent snow storm, and that she is glad that her daughter lives so near the school, indicating that her daughter was in attendance at the time this letter was written.

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